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Commissioner of the General Land Office
What this job does
Runs the General Land Office, which manages state-owned land and the oil, gas and mineral money from it (much of it goes to public schools), the Alamo, coastal protection, home loans for veterans, and federal disaster-recovery money. A term is four years. source: glo.texas.gov
- Dawn Buckingham RepublicanEye surgeon (oculoplastic); land commissioner
- Benjamin Flores DemocraticCybersecurity and compliance professional; farmer
- Neill Snider LibertarianMechanical contractor; cattle rancher
Candidates in the order the Texas Secretary of State (VoteTexas.gov) lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order.